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genpk · 18th May 2024, 00:01

Well gents, i maybe back to haunt everyone again with questions
re 75s.
Now im retired, looking for a project, came across a “red” 75 auto very cheap
2001 , has 240,000km on it but am told the engine runs very smoothly but it has a auto gear issue.
The owner reckons third gear” just revs and dosnt go into fourth”
The car still has reverse gear.
From my days of having 3 or 4 Rover 75s i recollect they had issues with the gear selector actuator.
Would that cause this sort of issue??

planenut · 18th May 2024, 06:52

Well Peter, it would be great to have you back, and interesting to follow the information and comments that this creates, good luck.

Fred (planenut)

SD1too · 18th May 2024, 06:53

Peter,

Here's a current thread about loss of third gear. It was found to be a damaged 'O' ring deep in the gearbox.

Simon

genpk · 18th May 2024, 14:31

Read the post, interesting . An O ring deep in the Jatco box does not sound appealing or easy to sort out.
I have a couple of choices,atm there is a 2002 connie 2.5 in dover white with a blown head gasket (but will need to tilt tray it 500km) but the auto is fine or a the red one with a working motor but knackered auto.
Both going for peanuts, alway wanted a dover white one but an engine exchange could also be expensive as well.
Very few 75s left around over here in Australia but on the bright side due to the climate , no rust issues on the bodies on any of them at all.

SD1too · 18th May 2024, 23:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by genpk

... atm there is a 2002 connie 2.5 in dover white with a blown head gasket ... alway wanted a dover white one but an engine exchange could also be expensive as well.

Admittedly it's a big job to renew the head gaskets but you don't need to change the whole engine.

Simon

genpk · 19th May 2024, 13:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by SD1too

Admittedly it's a big job to renew the head gaskets but you don't need to change the whole engine.

Simon

Hi Simon, if i had the room id buy both, pull the motor out of the red one and put it into the dover white one.Got a young rover enthusiast can put another s/hand motor in for about $1,000.
The issue is. the white one is about 500km away and ive just found its a club spec bot a connie.I could up spec the seats to electric and put reverse sensors in without to much problem.
Getting some more pics of the interior
Im thinking ill need to go have a look at it first, Kalgoorlie is a gold mining town
out east of us in Perth and ill need to get it transported if i decide to do this project.

Martin Butler · 20th May 2024, 10:28

Can you get another auto box, and just change boxes? either car needs work, it's a case of what is easier, having an auto box overhauled is hardly DIY, but so would be possibly having to have the block and head skimmed if the head gasket went due to overheating, and warped the block,

18th May 2024, 00:01	#1
genpk Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon MGZT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Perth, AUSTRALIA Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 3 Thanked 461 Times in 299 Posts	maybe back in the fold Well gents, i maybe back to haunt everyone again with questions re 75s. Now im retired, looking for a project, came across a “red” 75 auto very cheap 2001 , has 240,000km on it but am told the engine runs very smoothly but it has a auto gear issue. The owner reckons third gear” just revs and dosnt go into fourth” The car still has reverse gear. From my days of having 3 or 4 Rover 75s i recollect they had issues with the gear selector actuator. Would that cause this sort of issue??

18th May 2024, 06:53	#3
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,510 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Peter, Here's a current thread about loss of third gear. It was found to be a damaged 'O' ring deep in the gearbox. Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

18th May 2024, 06:52	#2
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,997 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	Well Peter, it would be great to have you back, and interesting to follow the information and comments that this creates, good luck. Fred (planenut)

18th May 2024, 14:31	#4
genpk Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon MGZT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Perth, AUSTRALIA Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 3 Thanked 461 Times in 299 Posts	Read the post, interesting . An O ring deep in the Jatco box does not sound appealing or easy to sort out. I have a couple of choices,atm there is a 2002 connie 2.5 in dover white with a blown head gasket (but will need to tilt tray it 500km) but the auto is fine or a the red one with a working motor but knackered auto. Both going for peanuts, alway wanted a dover white one but an engine exchange could also be expensive as well. Very few 75s left around over here in Australia but on the bright side due to the climate , no rust issues on the bodies on any of them at all.

20th May 2024, 10:28	#7
Martin Butler Loves to post Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: St Leonards Posts: 370 Thanks: 46 Thanked 72 Times in 49 Posts	Can you get another auto box, and just change boxes? either car needs work, it's a case of what is easier, having an auto box overhauled is hardly DIY, but so would be possibly having to have the block and head skimmed if the head gasket went due to overheating, and warped the block,